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Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia.

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia.

Nineteen Eighty-Four: A Novel, often published as 1984, is a dystopian social science fiction novel by English novelist George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, Nineteen Eighty-Four centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance, and repressive regimentation of persons and behaviours within society. Orwell, himself a democratic socialist, modelled the authoritarian government in the novel after Stalinist Russia.

L'any 1984 Londres és una ciutat fosca en què la Policia del Pensament controla exhaustivament la vida dels ciutadans. Winston Smith és un peó d'aquest engranatge pervers i té com a objectiu reescriure la història per adaptar-la al que el Partit considera la versió oficial dels fets. Fins que un dia en Winston decideix qüestionar-se el sistema que els governa i els sotmet.

"The Spike" and "A Hanging" are two essays written by George Orwell that deal with themes of institutional cruelty, powerlessness, and injustice. "The Spike" describes Orwell's experience of living in a spike, or homeless shelter, and the brutal conditions and dehumanizing treatment he witnessed there. The essay explores the plight of the poor and marginalized in society, as well as the indifference and cruelty of those in power. "A Hanging" describes Orwell's experience of witnessing a hanging during his time serving as a police officer in Burma.

In una società prebellica del 1938, George Bowling, un uomo di quarantacinque anni con una vita mediocre, decide di sfuggire alle responsabilità cittadine e alla sua noiosa routine trasferendosi nel villaggio natale in campagna. In cerca di idillio e innocenza perduti, spera di trovare sollievo dalla sua oppressiva esistenza familiare. Il romanzo "Una boccata d'aria" di George Orwell riceve un'accoglienza calorosa dal pubblico e viene considerato una delle sue migliori opere.

Publicado pela primeira vez em 1933, este é um audiolivro de memórias fictício, mas também um pouco autobiográfico que trata da pobreza nas duas cidades. A primeira parte é um relato de como um escritor vivia em situação de quase miséria em Paris e a experiência de trabalhos temporários em cozinhas de restaurantes. A segunda parte trata-se de um diário de viagem na estrada dentro e ao redor de Londres sob a perspectiva de um desocupado, com descrições dos tipos de acomodação em albergues disponíveis e de alguns dos personagens encontrados vivendo à margem de tudo.